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Word Origin | Takunya
Mavi Boncuk |Takunya: fromGR takúni τακούνι tahta nalın fromIT taccone [büy.] büyük topuk, a.a. < İt tacco topukNalın: Zemin kısmı taş, ıslak veya çamurlu yerlerde giyilen, üstten tasmalı bir çeşit...
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Word origin | Hokkabaz
Mavi Boncuk | Hokkabaz: juggler EN[1]"hokka oynatan, bir tür akrobat" [ Ömer b. Mezîd, Mecmuatü'n-nezâir, 1437]Lebüŋ menbaˁ durur her gizlü rāza / Kim ağzuŋ benzemişdür ḥokka-bāzafrom Arabic ḥukka ͭ...
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Book | Agents of Empire Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the...
Mavi Boncuk | Agents of EmpireKnights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World by Noel Malcolm [1]This item is not yet published. It is available for pre-orders and...
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Selanik to Thessaloniki
"As for Thessaloniki", talking about his city, the poet and painter Nikos Gavriil Pentzikis, "one should enter it from the sea." From a distance, the city truly had a story-book quality. Yet, as one...
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Kortejos / Cortijos of Salonika
Mavi Boncuk | “In olden days, The Jews of Salonika lived in houses which surrounded large courtyards called cortijos[1]. The houses formed a kind of square around the courtyard. Facing the courtyard...
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Goooood Morning TURKIYE
Mavi Boncuk | The Turkish general election of 2015 was held on 7 June 2015 to elect the 550 members of the Grand National Assembly. The election was the 24th general election in the history of the...
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In Memoriam | Sadun Boro (1928 - 2015)
Sadun Boro lived in Okluk Bay, Gökova on board his catamaran named Sonbahar (Turkish for "Autumn"). Sadun Boro was diagnosed with bladder cancer a couple of years ago. He was first treated in Marmaris,...
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2015 General Elections | Opinion Polls, Results Comparisons
Mavi Boncuk | OPINION POLLS
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Profile | Otto Liman von Sanders
Otto Liman von Sanders (1855-1929), Commander of German-Turkish Forces in World War I Mavi Boncuk |Equestrian portrait of Otto Liman von Sanders in a picture taken between circa 1910 and circa 1915....
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In Memoriam | Behiye Aksoy (1933-2015)
Mavi Boncuk | Behiye Aksoy Musical Artist (active 1948–1984) (b. Behiye Tetiker; September 19, 1933 - d. May 31 2015) Istanbul, TurkeySon: Ahmet AksoyEx-spouses: Halil Aksoy, Berker İnanoğlu and...
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Book |'Murmures à Beyoğlu
Mavi BoncukDAVID BORATAV KİMDİR?Reims’li bir anne ve Ankaralı bir babanın oğlu olan David Boratav Paris’te doğdu. Fransa’da Paris Siyasal Bilgiler Enstitüsü ve Strasbourg Hukuk Fakültesi’ni,...
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Belgin Doruk Remembered
Mavi Boncuk Belgin Doruk (b. Ankara 28 June 1936 – d. Istanbul 26 March 1995) Turkish film actress. While in high school she came first in Yıldız Dergisi (Star, film magazine) and Istanbul Film new...
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Word Origin | Kut
Mavi Boncuk |Kut: 735 oldTR Orhun Yazıtları [732-735], ed. Talat Tekin, TDK 2008.kut tanrısal rahmet, baht, talih Kutlu: 1545 [Tartar TR] kutlula- tebrik etmek oldTR kutMongolian kutug, kutla-,...
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1916 | Sehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Effendi
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey of the Ottomans By Lucy Mary Jane Garnett[1]Prince Sehzade Yusuf Izzeddin Effendi (10 October 1857 - 1 February 1916, Ottoman Turkish: یوسف عزالدین افندی) was the Son of Sultan...
View ArticleProfile | Haseki Hürrem Sultan
Mavi Boncuk | Haseki Hürrem Sultan Western sources refer to her variously as Roxelana, Rosa, Rosanne, Rossa, Ruziac or La Rossa. She is generally believed to have been enslaved during raids by the...
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2015 General Elections | Representation in Provinces
Mavi Boncuk | 2015 General Elections | Representation in Provinces.Opposition parties in total have no representation in 124 Provincial Election Districts against 5 for AK Party. In that sense all...
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Election 2015 | What Happened in the Provinces
Mavi Boncuk | Election 2015 | What Happened in all the Provinces ranked on Population (2014)AK Party performed better than the final election numbers in the top 20 Provinces.Based on the voting...
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TRJet at Paris Air Show
Last month, Turkey selected Dornier to provide primary base models for its future regional jet program, and this puts the aircraft on track to join an indigenous fighter jet in operation by 2023.Under...
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In Memoriam | Süleyman Demirel (1924-2015)
Mavi Boncuk |Bedri Koraman cartoon updated...Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (Turkish pronunciation: [sylejˈman demiˈɾel]), 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician and statesman who served...
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